How smoking during pregnancy affects you and your baby

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and one more thing... lets say the risk of developing breast cancer was 1 %, would you take it? It seems like its not that much, right? But the thing is... if this 1 % is u, then for u...its 100%, cause you are the only one uv got. I bet if id give a ciggaret to one your 3 year old child, you would smack me in the head unconscious. You reap what u saw. Simple. Cause im sure, if something happens to your baby because of it, you will end up suffering from some depression or other serious mental disorder from all the regrets! Good luck gals. You are beautiful, perfect... u will be amazin mums. Life is that simple in a way. (btw i smoked so i know what im talking about). Anyway, plizzzzzz! Get help:* lov you:*

and one more thing... lets say the risk of developing breast cancer was 1 %, would you take it? It seems like its not that much, right? But the thing is... if this 1 % is u, then for u...its 100%, cause you are the only one uv got. I bet if id give a ciggaret to one your 3 year old child, you would smack me in the head unconscious. You reap what u saw. Simple. Cause im sure, if something happens to your baby because of it, you will end up suffering from some depression or other serious mental disorder from all the regrets! Good luck gals. You are beautiful, perfect... u will be amazin mums. Life is that simple in a way. (btw i smoked so i know what im talking about). Anyway, plizzzzzz! Get help:* lov you:*

look...Moms. If i would find out my mum smoked during pregnancy, i think i would hate her till the rest of my life. That would totally cancel all the love she said she has to me. I would start thinking she is a liar, pretender. We all go through obstacles in life, just suck it up and stop smoking. Buy nicotine patches - in every ciggaret there is over 40 carcinogens plus bilion other substances that will result in death of some of your babies. Listen to the motivational talk from nike commercial, "welcome to the grind".It will change your whole perspective. I need to study for my exams now 12-14 hours per day... its not easy, but i refuse to regret later that i gave up on my dream. I believe in all of you ladies...cause ive never believed in myself, and u will be surprised how strong u all are!!!! You are the lions in the field of lions... you will beat this thing! Pray and decide. Victory is the only thing that will keep you alive!

I am a smoker and am trying to cut down but having a really hard time. I do smoke less then a pack a day so hoping that its does not have any effects on my child. So all of our parents that smoked during pregnancy ,did what have stupid children with birth defects?

How dare you say that smoking ciggaretts while pregnant increases the risk of SID's!!!! They DONT know what causes SID's so how dare you lie and say "it increases the risk of it by up to three times..." THAT IS NOT A FACT , IT IS AN OPINION!!! I won't be reading anymore of your articles because they obviously are based on opinion not hard evidence based facts!!! Total BS

What I did was take 2 days off work...a long peaceful weekend. No driving, smoking friends, or other stress. Snacks I liked, cleaning, organizing, napping, crafting, laying around. KEY to my success was drinking a huge glass of water each time I wanted a smoke. Can't stress enough how much that part helped me to feel better. My mental attitude was pretty bad the first 2 days, better on the 3rd and now day 7 I'm free! I really feel free. Just wanted to encourage you smokers that you can do it! Smoked off and on for 20 years, last bout was for 2 and I kicked it with my brain power, like ALL of my brain power. After 3 days the nicotine and other junk is pretty much out, especially with the water method! After that it's all brain baby! Much love and encouragement to all of you trying. God bless your day, your babies and your health!

Hey ladies! I know it's such a mind melting process but quitting smoking is doable without all of the stress and emotional freakouts. Now, I can't say I understand being preggers and quitting, because I don't, but I have quit for years at a time after smoking my whole life and it all comes down to good ol fashioned brain power after the physical stuff the first few days in. My friend is about 9 weeks preggers and I was getting a perio cleaning done so we both wanted to quit for different reasons. I read about gum health and smoking and now in my mid 30's it just really freaked me out that my pleasure habit is literally starving my gums of oxygen and making my whole mouth 'rot' and be prone to cancer and that ultimately I could loose my teeth in 10 years if I don't stop. I thought we could stop together, encourage each other, have another non-smoking friend to chill with etc.

So I did quit and she can't yet. I quit a week ago, 4 days before my first cleaning app.

I was pregnant 6 month ago and I have a miscarriage at 6wks.and now im pregnant again at 6wks&again miscarraige.Guess what? I think idont deserve to be a good mom cuz I couldn't quit .I light up just 1at nights. Im sure my miscarriages its about not quitting. Please be strong

I quit smoking thanks to a book by Alan Carr "Easyway to quit smoking". I wish I had known about the book when pregnant with my first child! And your partner can benefit as well.. To say nothing of the baby :)

Im almost 14 weeks pregnant and really want to quit smoking but finding it difficult, its not just my cravings but my husband wants to carry on smoking which is making it 10000 times harder, I dont want to deny him but butif I need to stop for our baby then I think so should he, am I being harsh or do others agree??????

I can't believe some of these comments. Just by saying you shouldn't smoke while pregnant & giving legitimate evidence for why, that makes someone "judgmental"?! Are you joking? Even if you or someone you know smoked through pregnancy & didn't have problems, why would you even consider risking those chances for your child's health? That's the most selfish thing I've ever heard. I'm 33 weeks, quit smoking the second I found I was pregnant, & I still have had numerous issues with my pregnancy. Smoker or not, things can go wrong. Don't make it worse by smoking! If you're willing to put your child's health at risk now, what else are you going to do to harm your baby?! Every child deserves a parent, but obviously not every parent deserves their child.

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